Урок-праздник в 6-м классе по теме: "Hallowe’en. Traditions and customs"
видеоурок по английскому языку (6 класс)

Урок-праздник в 6-м классе по теме: "Hallowe’en. Traditions and customs"

Цель урока: ознакомить учащихся с обычаями и традициями празднования этого дня в англоязычных странах .

Задачи:

• 1) воспитательная: воспитание у учащихся чувства уважения к истории и культуре страны изучаемого языка, а через это и к своей родной национальной культуре;
• 2) практическая: развитие лексических навыков говорения; развитие навыков аудирования и чтения с целью извлечения конкретной информации (reading for specific information)
• 3) развивающая: развитие творческой фантазии и инициативы в осуществлении иноязычной речевой деятельности, а также развитие познавательных интересов учащихся

Оборудование: плакаты и рисунки (изображения символов праздника), компьютер, проектор ,  презентация песни “Five little pumpkins”, презентация к уроку ,чистые листы бумаги, ручки.

Ход урока

1. Warming – up

Teacher: Hello, boys and girls! Glad to see you. Sit down, please. How are you?

(Ask individual pupils about date, month, season and weather)

2. General Part.

I.Teacher: Well, autumn is not only harvest time but it is time for many holidays in different countries. In old Russia, for example, people celebrated rich harvest and that’s why a lot of weddings took place in autumn. Can you name any autumn holidays of modern Russia?

(The 1st of September , Teacher’s Day, the 4th of November)

Teacher: But today we are going to speak about one famous and curious holiday of the English-speaking countries. Do you know what holiday it is?

(It’s Halloween)

Right you are. It is celebrated on the 31st of October. You’ll learn some interesting facts, traditions and customs connected with this wonderful holiday.

Why do you like Hallowe’en ?( ответы учащихся)

And now, we’ll start with the  information abour this interesting holiday.  

( 3 pupils tell about Halloween)

31 October is Hallowe’en. This festival celebrates the return of the souls of the dead who come back to visit places where they lived. In the evening there are lots of Hallowe’en parties. People dress up as witches, ghosts, devils, cats or bats. Houses are decorated with pumpkins with candles inside them. Some children follow the American custom called Trick or Treat.

     They knock at your house and ask, “Trick or treat ?” If you give some money or some sweets ( a treat ), they go away. If not, they can play a trick on you like splashing water in your face.

     No Hallowe’en party is complete without a scary story. Usually people  crowd together around a fire on  Hallowe’en  night. And one person  tells in a low voice.

 Questions :

 1.When is Hallowe’en celebrated ?

 2. What does Hallowe’en celebrate ?

 3. Why do the dead come back ?

4. What costumes people dress up ?

5. How are houses decorated ?

6.What do children ask when they knock ?

Учитель раздает каждому лист , где надо завершить тест

1. Hallow’en is on the ….
2. People dress up as ….
3. Houses are decorated with…
4. Some children knock at the house and ask “  ……………………..”
5. If you don’t give any money or sweets, they ……………….
6. People usually tell ……. ………………………..on Hallowe’en night .

And now children !Try to guess what the main symbol of Halloween is.

Pupil 1.

Something big and something small. 
But always round and yellow.
When children make my famous grin
Then I’m a scary fellow

Teacher: Did you guess? That’s right. It’s a pumpkin. But it’s a special pumpkin. What is its name? (Jack-o’-Lantern)

Pupil 2 ( рассказывает как вырезать тыкву )

Учащиеся складывают рассказ по порядку и  вписывают шифр (  последовательность нумерации предложений )в таблицу.

1.Cut two eyes, a nose and a mouth on one side of the pumpkin.

2.Cut the top and the bottom of the pumpkins.

3.Take out the pulp ( мякоть)  from inside the pumpkin.

4.Put “the head” over the candle and light the candle.

5.Stand a candle in the bottom piece of the pumpkin ..

Teacher : Change your sheets and correct  them. This key will help you !

II.Teacher: There are some other symbols of Halloween. What are they?  Use the words on the blackboard   and name the Halloween’s symbols

Pupils: A witch is a symbol of Halloween. A black cat is a symbol of Halloween. Skeletons are symbols of Halloween. Ghosts and goblins are symbols of Halloween. Etc. Guess the riddles.

Дети отгадывают загадки?,вписывая в скобки слова:

1. I flight at night because I don't like light (Bat)
2. I'm scary and white. I come out at night. Who am I? (Ghost)
3. I've got soft black fur. When you hold me I purr. Who am I? (Black cat )
4. I'm round on all sides. I've got a light inside. Who am I? (Jack-o-lantern)
5. I've got a black cat and a big pointed hat. Who am I? (Witch)
6. I’m yellow or white. I smile on Halloween night. Who am I? (Moon)

III.Teacher: Thank you for your answers. There are a lot of funny songs ,poems and curious omens about these symbols. Let’s sing “Five little pumpkins”

Учитель открывает  песенку- презентацию “Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate”. и учащиеся поют

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, “Oh my, it’s getting late.”
The second one said, “There are witches in the air.”
The third one said, “But we don’t care.”
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run!”
The fifth one said, “ I’m ready for some fun!”
OOOOOoooooooo went the wind and out went the light, 
And the five little pumpkins rolling out of sight …

IV.   Teacher .A scary story.

No Hallowe’en party is complete without a scary story. Usually people  crowd together around a fire on  Hallowe’en  night. And one person  tells in a low voice. Our pupils  will  tell you one.   “The leg”

The Leg

According to legend, every Halloween, a strange  old lady roams the streets, praying on children who are trick-or-treating alone. Some call her “The Leg Woman” .

One boy was on his own when he heard a rustling in the bushes next to him. An old woman with  black hair was holding a   terrible leg in her hands and waving it in his face.

“Do you want a leg?”, she cried. “Do you want a LEEEEG?”

The boy  began backing away from her. She persisted, asking him over and over if he wanted a leg.

Finally, the boy said “No! I don’t want a leg!”

A group of adults and children who were nearby, heard a horrible scream ringing out in the darkened street. They rushed around the corner and got the shock of their lives when they discovered a young boy lying on the ground in a pool of blood. His right leg had been completely ripped off at the hip.

If you meet the Leg Woman on Halloween night, be careful. She will come up to you and ask “Do you want a leg?”

If you answer “No”, she will tear off your leg and disappear. If you answer “Yes”, she will grab you and try to attach the severed leg she is carrying to your body.

The correct answer is “I want both my legs!”

Разыгрывание диалога по прослушанному рассказу

Let’s make up a polite dialogue between  this witch and  this poor boy

-Hello boy!

+Hello Madam!

• Do you want  a leg? Please answer to my question! It’s so easy!

+Of course not! It’s disgusting ! Please , let me go!

• Where can you go without one leg ? Ha – ha – ha !!
• Is it Hallowe’en joke ?

VI .Teacher:  11.22 – 11.27  Hometask

Well done! Thank you! Oh! What is it? It is a telegram. So, boys and girls, you have just been selected to create a new monster for an upcoming scary movie. I have just created. Look  at it! Let’s describe it.

It’s your project ! Draw a monster. It will be your own personal creation.

 Then you should name and describe it tell us what is its favorite thing to eat and do tell us where it lives and why.What can it do ?

(We  will organize an exhibition of pupils’ monsters, a contest “Whose monster is the most  funny ? Etc.)

VII .Teacher: One of the most popular traditions is trick-or-treating. Children go from house to house and ask for some sweets, fruit and so on. Listen to the song  about this tradition.

VIII. Teacher: OK. And do you want to play any special Halloween games? Here is one of the simplest one

Another game is called “Hide a Ghost”. Choose one child. He or she should go out of classroom and the rest of the class (“hiders”) will hide a toy ghost (you may take it from the Halloween tree). After that the hiders clap their hands louder and louder if a “seeker” comes near the ghost. Of course, the children exchange roles

IX. Teacher: In our culture there is no such holiday as Halloween, but we have other similar holidays and traditions. On Christmas’ eve in some regions of our country children go from house to house and sing songs “kolyadky”. What else do you think children like doing on this day? (They enjoy wearing folk costumes, singing songs for treats, wearing scary masks, going from house to house, playing tricks on their friends and neighbors, telling scary stories etc.)

Conclusion.

Teacher: I want to thank all the participants for taking part in this lesson. You were very nice, clever and cheerful. Of course, you’ll get only excellent marks. Our lesson is over. Good-by.